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Get the New Nintendo 3DS for $100 Starting on Black Friday

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If you want a Nintendo handheld for $100 or less, you would normally be stuck with the 2DS, but not anymore. Nintendo is releasing special black and white Mushroom Kingdom editions of the New 3DS for $100(USD) starting on Black Friday, which is November 25th.

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The lower-cost model will be available at many North American game retailers, but it doesn’t come with any games. At that price, it’s understandable. So the only question now is, do you buy it at the low price? Or wait and apply that money to the Switch?

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The 3DS does have a large library of games, but the Switch is larger and much more powerful. It is a tough decision. Choose wisely.

[via Business Wire via Engadget]

Nintendo 3DS XL Getting Pokémon Sun and Moon Edition

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Very soon, the latest installment of the Pokémon franchise will be unleashed on the world. The upcoming Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon could see a surge in sales thanks to the popularity of Pokémon Go. To celebrate early, Nintendo is offering up a new Nintendo 3DS XL system with Sun and the Moon imagery.

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This limited edition Nintendo 3DS XL not only marks the arrival of the two new titles, but it also celebrates the 20th anniversary of the franchise this year. It comes in an all-black color, embellished with Solgaleo and Lunala, two legendary Pokémon introduced in the new generation. Fans will love it.
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It goes on sale October 28 for $199.99(USD). The game itself launches on November 18 and can be purchased in a Steelbook Dual Pack, containing both games as well as 100 Poke Balls for each game, for only $89.99 (Amazon Prime members can pre-order it for just $71.99).

[via SlashGear]

Twitch will host a 24-hour Pokémon marathon this Saturday

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Pokémon is celebrating its 20th birthday with a massive global bash this weekend and has declared February 27th "Pokémon Day". Fans on the East Coast can join in the festivities at Nintendo New York in Rockefeller Center while West Coas...

Next for Nintendo: Zelda reboots, fresh Splatoon gear and more

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Nintendo announced a slew of upcoming titles and their release dates -- as well as new content for existing franchises -- during the company's Nintendo Direct livestream on Thursday. Gird your loins and prepare for Zelda reboots, fancy new Splatoon...

Nintendo 3DS Homebrew YouTube Hack: 301+ Brews

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The last time we checked on Smealum and co.’s Homebrew Launcher for the Nintendo 3DS, it required the user to have a copy of Cubic Ninja, a game that’s now rare and expensive for this very reason. That’s why Smealum came up with a couple of new ways to access the launcher that don’t involve Cubic Ninja.

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Smealum calls it tubehax, since it uses the YouTube app that’s available – for now at least – from the eShop. You’ll need an Internet connection each time you want to access the Homebrew Launcher. The second way, ironhax, is actually linked to tubehax. It uses a copy of Iron Fall to give you offline access to the Homebrew Launcher and all its benefits. Unfortunately as of this writing Nintendo already removed Iron Fall from the eShop.

Head to the Homebrew Launcher blog for complete details on performing the hacks. I bet half of the people who want to try this are just doing it to bypass regional restrictions. Why we even have those in the age of digital downloads is beyond me.

[via Tiny Cartridge]

North American New Nintendo 3DS Mod: Big Brains, Small Body

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Nintendo made two New 3DS models but released only the New 3DS XL to the North American market. It’s a shame because the smaller New 3DS is not just more portable, it’s also the only 3DS so far to have customizable front and rear covers. Nintendo’s archaic region-locked software made importing the New 3DS a pain. This led hacker Noodlevision to embark on a costly and difficult but ultimately successful project: he transferred the brains of a US New 3DS XL to a Japanese New 3DS.

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Noodlevision theorized that the New 3DS and the New 3DS XL had very similar components and PCB layout. After some research, he further guessed that what he needed to do was take the CPU and the eMMC chip from a US 3DS XL and install it on a New 3DS board. So he bought a US 3DS XL motherboard on eBay as the donor and a New 3DS from Japan as the recipient.

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The plan was straightforward, but the execution was tedious. Noodlevision had to slowly and carefully unglue and desolder the CPU and eMMC chips from both the donor and recipient boards, and then resolder the donor chips to the recipient board. But his efforts paid off in the end. Here he is showing off his modded American-brained Japanese New 3DS (the one on the left) next to his (non-New) 3DS XL.

Head to Noodlevision’s blog for more on his crazy project.

[via Hack A Day]

 

The Legend of Zelda Adventurer’s Pouch Nintendo 3DS/DS Kit: The Leatherish Bag

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Nintendo DS and 3DS gamers, carry your quest items in PowerA’s officially licensed The Legend of Zelda Adventurer’s Pouch Kit. The faux leather bag fits *deep breath* the Nintendo DS, DS XL, 3DS, 3DS XL, New 3DS and New 3DSXL.

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Just behind the lid is a garter for two cartridges, and behind the pouch is a belt loop. There’s also room for the best parts of the kit: two styluses modeled after the Master Sword and the Hylian Shield. Finally, the kit comes with a Hyrule map peel & stick cleaning cloth. The pictures above and in the gallery below were shared by Redditor microcrash.

You can order the The Legend of Zelda Adventurer’s Pouch Kit from GameStop for $20 (USD), though as of this writing it’s only available as an in-store purchase.

[via Reddit via GoNintendo]

Nintendo Explains Nintendo 3DS System Data Transfer

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The New Nintendo 3DS landed last Friday and for many making the fresh hardware jump it means that laborious task of transferring your precious system data.

Nintendo has provided a step-by-step process to ensure everything goes off without a snag, so that you’ll be soon on your way to enjoying your old digital games and saves on your new Nintendo 3DS XL.

Keep in mind that the new 3DS XL requires a microSD card for its storage (here’s a list of the ones Nintendo officially supports) and you’ll need to keep around your old 3DS to transfer your data between systems.

Reportedly, and not the ideal of solutions, some GameStop locations - not all – will allow you to take your new system home; complete the system data transfer; take back both existing and new systems to the GameStop you bought it, and get both the complete refund value and trade-in value for your purchase.

You’ll also need a #0 sized Philips screwdriver to remove the back panel of the new 3DS XL to install the 4GB microSD card that comes standard with each unit, which is locked behind two small screws. It’s also a good idea to make sure both systems have the most up-to-date firmware, too.

Another protip: Be gentle when removing said back panel. It’s on pretty snug tight, and while you might be eager to use something more appropriate to remove it, doing so might cause it to be damaged. Yeah, ouch. Nintendo recommends using the butt of a 3DS stylus to remove the panel. And yes, lots and lots of patience. Don’t fret, it will come off.

With that said, here’s the step-by-step video of the whole 3DS XL system transfer provided by Nintendo:

Source: Nintendo

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Jurassic World’s Indominus Rex dominates New York Toy Fair with Hasbro and Lego Premiere

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Indominus Rex from “Jurassic World” has everyone’s attention at the Toy Fair in New York (February 14-17, 2015). Entertainment Weekly and IGN unveiled the new terrifying dinosaur to the world just...

New Nintendo 3DS hack does away with region locking

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Up until now, Nintendo 3DS games were blocked for other regions, but thanks to a user’s hack, the consoles can now play any game, at least until Nintendo patches it.

A coder by the name of Jordan “Smealum” Rabet (who the community already knows thanks to the Ninjhax project) has come up with a new hack that allows the Nintendo 3DS to do something gamers have been asking for years while Nintendo looks the other way: to be able to play games from any region, bypassing the region lock that ensures games can’t be imported.

This project is called RegionThree, and works with every Nintendo 3DS system out there, save the New 3DS/3DS XL variants, which aren’t available in the US and Europe yet. By exploiting some code in the console’s browser, the system gets to run all kinds of code, including that from foreign regions. While this opens the door for piracy on the system, Smealum’s project itself is not about that, with the author even explaining he condones the activity.

Users interested in this hack can check out the author’s GitHub page, and follow his instructions.

Via Technabob

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